释义 |
gushergush‧er /ˈɡʌʃə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  - And while the price of oil looked like a gusher, consumer and business confidence fell down the well.
- But at the time that complex structure was established, few anticipated the gusher of money about to erupt.
- In March 1991 -- almost four years after the consortium was formed -- they struck a gusher in the Cusiana field.
- Mason's gusher was not a big hit in Bondgate either.
- Richard was like a gusher of newly tapped oil spraying about in all directions.
- The Dallas Cowboys are owned by Jerry Jones, an oilman with an ego that would dwarf a gusher.
- There were heady times, beginning in 1994, when Ultimate Fighting brought in a flow of cash like a Texas gusher.
► Gas/Coal/Oilanthracite, nounblack gold, nounblowout, nounboost, nounbunker, nounbutane, nounCalor gas, nounclinker, nouncoal, nouncoal bunker, nouncoalfield, nouncoal gas, nouncoal hole, nouncoalhouse, nounCoalite, coalman, nouncoal mine, nouncoke, nouncolliery, nouncrude, noundrill, verbdrilling platform, nounflue, nounfossil fuel, noungallery, noungas, noungasholder, noungaslight, noungasman, noungas meter, noungasometer, noungasworks, noungusher, nouninternal combustion engine, nounlead-free, adjectivelignite, nounmethane, nounnatural gas, nounoctane, nounoil, nounoil-bearing, adjectiveoilfield, nounoil-fired, adjectiveoilman, nounoil rig, nounoil slick, nounoil tanker, nounoil well, nounOPEC, nounopencast, adjectiveparaffin, nounpilot light, nounpit pony, nounpremium, nounpropane, nounrig, nounroughneck, nounsolid fuel, nounstrike, nounwell, nounwick, nounwildcat, verb a place in the ground where oil or water comes out very forcefully, so that a pump is not needed |